what kind of utensils do you use while eating?

@Margarit (3676)
Philippines
November 1, 2008 10:55pm CST
Hi friends, Im from philippines, basically we use spoon and fork while eating. And sometimes we dont even use any utinsils at all, only our bare hands,it is fun doing it. But make sure your hands are clean by washing it thoroughly before eating.
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@dong1970 (1572)
• Philippines
2 Nov 08
We use spoon and fork too,but i do enjoy eating with my bare hands,but i see to it it is clean before i use it.Eating with bare is traditional filipino way and it its so fun,and i think filipino's would agree with this.
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@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
2 Nov 08
Yap it is a traditional way of injoying food more. thanks for responding.
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• India
2 Nov 08
We use a fork and spoon or fork and knife depending on the requirement or at times only a spoon or just a fork. A lot of us indian s however love to eat with bare hands and say that they do not enjoy food till it is touched with the hand. They feel that a spoon or a fork is too impersonal and does nto give them satisfaction of having eaten food and they feel hungry and unsatisfied at the end of the meal. I somehouw have got used to spoon and fork because of my upbringing, but once in a while i still do love to eat with hand.
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@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
2 Nov 08
Thats true, it is very different when you touch the food you eat by hand for you really felt it and sometimes you feel its aroma, you will love what you eat. But i still prefer using spoon and fork for it is nice and neat to look at.
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• Romania
4 Nov 08
Me and my cousin we hate to get our hands dirty with grease or oil. We use always the spoon, fork and the knife, but i make exceptions...this rule doesn't go with my cousin he is weird a little he eats everything with the fork to avoid touching the food (especially with the oil), even pancakes, I eat them with bare hands we all do but not him. Another thing is that he has to drink his cocoa,capuccino, tea or hot chocolate with the spoon. pressing his cheeck, onced I made him some hot chocolate and he asked me to go back to the kitchen and fetch him a small spoon so he can drink it... i was like
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@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
5 Nov 08
Your cousin is not alone, me too like to drink with spoon in the cup in my coffee or milk , but not on tea. and i even have spoon in the glass with ice tea, or orange juice. thanks for responding.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Nov 08
Since I am a Chinese, so most of the time I use chopsticks. I will use fork and knife when I am having a western dish. I love China
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Nov 08
Practice makes perfect
@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
3 Nov 08
Hi youless, I tried using chopsticks, but it is very hard for me to use it. Is there a techniques on how to use it properly?
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@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
4 Nov 08
Thanks.
@gbeast95 (505)
• United States
4 Nov 08
hi margarit long time no see....err i ment posting. anyway my whole entire family is chinese so i use chopsticks. most american think chopsticks are hard to use..... but in my opinion chopsticks has become practically a i don't know what to call it like a sence or something. you know what using chopsticks practically is the same as walking everyday which i walk at least 3-4 flights of steps on weekdays in my opinion using a spoon is a bit challenging i rarely use spoons maybe my brother does because he does not know how to use chopsticks(that is pretty wierd because he is 6 and my cousin is 2 and he already knows how to use chopsticks.....lol) but anyway my favorite utensil is probibally chopsticks. happy mylotting...peace out -gbeast95
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@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
4 Nov 08
hello friend, Well, i am learning how to use chopsticks but honestly i cannot hold the food longer. . I rather use my bare hand than using it. It make me very hard to eat when i use chopsticks. For me the best way to use in eating is spoon and fork for you can get the food easily without any effort to do it. Thanks for responding.
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
6 Nov 08
I'm using spoon and fork but very seldom to used my bare hands. Every time I used my hand I cannot eat too much feeling I can swallow a lot of air. Much better for me to used chopstick rather than my bare hands only. Even we eating with utensils, make sure to washed first our hands and comb and fix our hair for it will not fall in our foods while eating. :)
@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
6 Nov 08
I guess it is opposite to me, i dont know how to use chopstick, i cant hold to food actually, so i rather use my bare hand to pick up the food that i am going to eat. Thanks for responding.
• India
2 Nov 08
Hi friend, We too use the same.But we dont use fork while eating.We eat it by our hands itself.No one eats with fork at the time of lunch.But in breakfast we use spoons thats all.In our country,it is our culture so we follow that.Each have their own culture.
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@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
2 Nov 08
I seldom use my hands in eating, but i can say that i am injoying food more when i use my hand only. you can feel the food you eat and it is fun too. i know It is very informal to do like that but sometimes you cant avoid it. Happy eating.
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@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
3 Nov 08
HelloMargarit! I am an Indian and it is our culture to eat by hands.On very rare occasions we use spoons to eat.But at home mostly we use our hands to eat.thanx.
@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
4 Nov 08
hi bbsr, It is also our culture to eat by hands but at home we use always spoon and fork during meal time. we only use our hands if their is no available spoon and fork. Thanks for responding.
• Philippines
2 Nov 08
I regularly use the basics which are the spoon and the fork. Those are the basic means of eating here in the Philippines. Its more comfortable to eat with spoon and fork rather than eating with just bare hands.
@Margarit (3676)
• Philippines
2 Nov 08
Same here, i seldom use my bare hand in eating too. Thanks for responding.
@cocooreo (705)
• Malaysia
4 Nov 08
Depends on what I eat. When I eat western food, for example steak, I will use fork and knife. If I eat noodles then I prefer to use chopstick. If eating Japanese food, also use chopstick. Usually at home I have rice and dishes and I at we plate therefore, I use spoon and fork. If I eat with bowl, I will use chopstick and spoon. So there is different occasion that I use different utensils.
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@gbeast95 (505)
• United States
4 Nov 08
wow you use so much more utensils more often then my whole entire family combined. the only utensil we use are chopsticks and spoons... and occasionally forks. maybe i can travel around the world someday and learn about the foods and utensils of the cultures. by "japenese food" do you mean sushi????? i always eat real chinese food not the kind of chinese food you get in the resturaunts i mean the homecooked chinese food my mom makes. happy mylotting...peace out -gbeast95
@iamcdy (1119)
• Philippines
2 Nov 08
Spoon and fork are the basic utensils we use at home to eat. But never will I forget eating with my hands, my right hand per se. They must be clean of course before I eat. There are food which I enjoyed eating more when using my hands especially those food packed with banana leaf or "binalot" in Filipino. I miss eating such...
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@nilugo (348)
• Singapore
2 Nov 08
Most of the time when I eat rice and curry I use my hands, but if I eat things like sphaghetti and macaroni etc, I use the fork. But when I go out to restaurants, I use fork and knife or fork and spoon.
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